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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Sharing Between CPG and Retail
Data sharing between retailers and manufacturers have been done for a long time. Here is an example of the process between Food Lion and Kraft.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Inside the Mind of the Shopper
I have had a chance to re-examine Herb Sorensen's book from last year, and his supporting site that contains articles about some of the concepts included. Also,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
LinkedIn's New Lab
ReadwriteWeb writes about Linkedn's new lab. Says it has meager pickings for the average user. LinkedIn is a resume mill that is no longer possible to ignore. ...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Can you trust fixed-bit computer arithmetic?
Suppose that you have 10 pictures, and all lined up, they take 100 pixels. Is it safe to say that each picture has a width of x pixels if 10 x = 100? We all know...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Creative Labs
A slideshow from Google Creative Labs. " ... interesting HTML5 apps, iPhone apps, visualization tools, 3D projections, art projects, creative YouTube videos,...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Recruiting: Lessons for a CSTA Chapter
As we started the new school year, our small group of five (three college and two high school educators) is entering round two of starting a CSTA chapter. We created...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Store Brands Here to Stay
Overview of Deloitte study on store brands in Progressive Grocer: " ... In a Deloitte study, 80% of consumer respondents said they think most store brands are...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Embedded Phenomena, Augmented Reality, and Education
I love it when something so simple is so effective. Tom Moher's 2006 paper [ACM, CiteSeer] describing his work on what he calls Embedded Phenomena was a case of...
From Computational Complexity
Two Candidates for an Ig Noble in Mathematics
(This is a sequel to my post on the Ig Nobel Prize.) Two candidates for an Ig Nobel prizes in Mathematics. They deserve it for opposite reasons. (They are old...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Where do Innovations Come From?
The hive mind say Kevin Kelly and Steven Johnson. Maybe they are nurtured (or not) that way, but all the really good and remarkable ideas I have seen have come...
From Schneier on Security
The FBI is Tracking Whom?
They're tracking a college student in Silicon Valley. He's 20, partially Egyptian, and studying marketing at Mission College. He found the tracking device attached...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Kodu Programming For Kids
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Procrastination
James Surowiecki in the New Yorker: What does procrastination tell us about ourselves? Orin Kerr in Volokh follows with the suggestion that procrastinationmay...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tell Them Where to Go in Retail
Click through to see the whole thing: Tell 'em Where to Go; Tell 'em Which to Buy!(The "Path-to-Purchase" Ought to Be a U-Turn)September 30, 2010 - by Herb Sorensen...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Posterous gets an App
In ReadwriteWeb: The minimalist blogging platform called Posterous is something I am experimenting with for getting blogging into the hand of clients. They now...
From Schneier on Security
The Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Assassination
Remember the Mahmoud al-Mabhouh assassination last January? The police identified 30 suspects, but haven't been able to find any of them. Police spent about 10...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What are you using?
I blog about a lot of resources here and I
From The Eponymous Pickle
In-Facility Navigation
In the NYT (May require registration): Finding Your Way Through the Mall or the Airport, With a Cellphone Map. Not a very new idea, but a reasonable overview...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Food Lion Testing
In Supermarket News, Bloom's Food Lion is testing a 3GTV television network in store. " ... will examine the best way to utilize video and other digital media...
From The Eponymous Pickle